A comprehensive and systematic reconstruction of the philosophy of
Charles S. Peirce, perhaps America's most far-ranging and original
philosopher, which reveals the unity of his complex and influential
body of thought.
We are still in the early stages of understanding the thought of
C. S. Peirce (1839-1914). Although much good work has been done in
isolated areas, relatively little considers the Peircean system as
a whole. Peirce made it his life's work to construct a
scientifically sophisticated and logically rigorous philosophical
system, culminating in a realist epistemology and a metaphysical
theory ("synechism") that postulates the connectedness of all
things in a universal evolutionary process.
In "The Continuity of Peirce's Thought," Kelly Parker shows how
the principle of continuity functions in phenomenology and
semeiotics, the two most novel and important of Peirce's
philosophical sciences, which mediate between mathematics and
metaphysics. Parker argues that Peirce's concept of continuity is
the central organizing theme of the entire Peircean philosophical
corpus. He explains how Peirce's unique conception of the
mathematical continuum shapes the broad sweep of his thought,
extending from mathematics to metaphysics and in religion. He thus
provides a convenient and useful overview of Peirce's philosophical
system, situating it within the history of ideas and mapping
interconnections among the diverse areas of Peirce's work.
This challenging yet helpful book adopts an innovative approach
to achieve the ambitious goal of more fully understanding the
interrelationship of all the elements in the entire corpus of
Peirce's writings. Given Peirce's importance in fields ranging from
philosophy to mathematics to literary and cultural studies, this
new book should appeal to all who seek a fuller, unified
understanding of the career and overarching contributions of
Peirce, one of the key figures in the American philosophical
tradition.
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